The National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation is working on a project to set a number of principles for public engagement. Here are the seven they have identified so far: The Seven Core Principles 1. Preparation – Consciously plan, design, convene and arrange the engagement to serve its purpose and people. 2. Inclusion – Incorporate multiple voices and ideas to lay the groundwork for quality outcomes and democratic legitimacy. 3. Collaboration – Support organizers, participants, and those engaged in follow-up to work well together for the common good. 4. Learning – Help participants listen, explore and learn without predetermined …
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Hello Webby world…I have a request, especially of you systems thinkers out there. I’m working on a project with a network of Native public radio stations in the United States to assess the unique impacts that these stations make in their communities. One of the things we would like to do with the stations is to provide them with tools to work with the feedback they get from the community and identify key things that make sense to work on. I’m thinking that some systems thinking tools would be a useful contribution to the work here, and I’m looking …
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Links that made me think this week. Holger Nauheimer release the newest version of the Change Management Toolbook Peter Rawsthorne blogs a great BBC documentary on what a post-fossil fuel farm might look like Siona van Dijk finds Paul Hawken naming the people I play with. Jean Sebastien Bouchard turns me on to art.
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In Thunder Bay on the Fort William reserve there is a distinct volcanic remanant called Mount McKay in English but Animikii-wajiw in Anishnaabemowin. Animikii-wajiw means “thunder mountain” so named because a thunderbird once landed there, ampong other things. My mood has changed markedly after the work we did today working with Ojibway leaders and Elders from around the north shore of Lake Superior and parts further north and west of here on traditional governance and the assertion of Aboriginal rights and title. This is timely stuff given the historic proposed legislation that will be coming before the …
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A cold day to be on the outskirts of a cold city in a cold part of the world. When you travel midweek into Canada’s hinterlands and northern small cities, you share a plane with mostly hard and tired men who work for government or various companies doing business in the far flung nether regions of this nation. Whether it’s travel to Prince George, Thunder Bay, Prince Albert or Yellowknife, it seems like the same guys are on the flight – steak eating, overworked, tired, introverted, hard men. Once in a while, if they are coming home …